Clothes-drier



N0. 6l8,l83. Patented Ian. 24, I899.

W. E. NELSON.

CLOTHES DRIER.

(Application filed Oct. 20, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,183, dated January 24, 1899.

Application filed October 20,1897. Serial No. 655,764. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. NELSON, of Washington Mills, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Driers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers by providing a ready means for folding the same when not in use by means of a construction whereby the shelf to which the clothes-bars are attached may be allowed by a slight lateral movement to drop from a horizontal position into a vertical position against the panel or bracket to which the shelf of the clothes-frame is attached. 1 accomplish these purposes by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in'which like reference-letters refer to the same parts.

Figure 1 shows a perspective View of my clothes-drierin which the shelf B is in a horizontal position attached to the bracket A and to which are pivoted the clothes-bars C. Fig. 2 shows a front view of my clothes-drier with the shelf in the same position as in Fig. 1, the clothes-bars, however, being removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on aline through the center of the wall-bracket A, the shelf B being in a horizontal position. Fig. a is a side View, the shelf being dropped to a vertical position. Fig. 5 is a front view of my clothes-drier with the shelf B dropped to a vertical position. Fig. 6 is a vertical section showing in detail the mechanism by which the shelf Bis attached to the wall-bracket A. Fig. 7 shows in detail a cross-section of the shelf.

A represents the wall-bracket of my drier, made of cast-iron or other suitable material and of such size and proportion as may be convenient and provided with openings g at the top and bottom, so as to provide means for hanging it upon the wall or elsewhere, as desired. Upon the face of this are cast two outward1y-projecting lugs or supports, which are shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 by the letters a and are beneath the plane of the hanging shelf B when in position for use. These lugs are on a line extending horizontally from one side of' the wall panel or bracket to the other at its broadest point. Directly above these lugs and sufficiently removed therefrom to accommodate the thickness of the hanging shelf when in horizontal position are two lugs, (shown by letters Z2.) On a line of the perpendicular center of the wall-bracket A and slightly above the horizontal line between lugs b is cast on the wall bracket A a pin or pivot c, which is the means I adopt for attaching and fastening the clam p or curved support, which is shown by d. This clamp 61 may be attached by a bolt or other convenient method.

The shelf B is of semicircular form and is intended to fit against the wall-bracket A, its straight edge resting between the lugs a and b at either end and being supported and bound in the center by the clamp or curved support d. The central portion of the shelf 13 is' partially cut away, so as to leave at its rear and along its straight edge a strip 6, Fig. 1, which serves as the male part of the hinge on which the shelf is raised to a horizontal or lowered to a perpendicular position and so as to leave spacein the shelf B for the clamp or curved support cl to engage the strip e. The strip 6 is made thicker than the shelf B by a rib which is cast on it, so as to give size and strength to the male of the hinge and which is extended on each side of the center or hinge, so as to strengthen the rear or straight edge of the shelf 13 and as shown atf, Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. At the corners of the semicircular shelf B. are out small openings 77., Figs. 1 and 5, which are adapted to receive the lugs or supports a when the shelf B is dropped into a perpendicular position.

In order to put together the parts of my mechanism, I place the straight edge of the shelf 1-3 against the surface of the bracket A, so that the edge of the shelf lies between the lugs aand b, respectively, at either end of the shelf. I then place the clamp or hanging support cl, which is provided with a hole to fit on the pin or pivot a, over the said pivot and rivet or bolt the same firmly in position.

The opening at the center of the hanging shelf B is so formed that the male of the hinge e is of greater length than the width of the clamp or hanging support (I, (the female of the hinge,) so that in operation the hanging shelf B will be permitted to slide laterally from right to left, and vice versa.

In operation when the clothes-drier is in position for use the hanging shelf B will be forced to the left, so that the right edge of the clamp or hanging support d will be in close contact with the right edge of the openin g cut in the center of the shelf and so that the shelf will rest at its straight edge on the two lugs a on either end and will be held to the lugs 12 and will be supported at the center by the clamp or hanging support d, as shown in Fig.1. lVhen the shelf is dropped, it is forced to the right, when the small openings h, cut in the shelf to receive the lugs a, will be directly over the lugs and the left edge of the clamp or hanging support at will be in close contact with the left edge of the opening out in the center of the shelf and the shelf will fall to a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 5. The lugsl) are provided for further security of the shelf when in a horizontal position and are provided to keep the straight edge of the shelf in position and prevent it from being crowded upward out of place. Obviously these parts can be con structed and arranged so that the shelf must be forced to the right to be put into use and to the left when the shelf is to dropped.

The shelf B may be provided with a small projection or knob 't' on its under side and by the side of one or both of the slots or openings h to act as a lockin g device for the shelf when in a horizontal position, in which case the shelf B would need to be raised slightly above the horizontal line before being moved laterally from one position to the other.

The clothes-bars C are attached to the shelf B by pivots or other convenient device, h0ld ing them at the points m, so as to permit of their horizontal arrangement when in use, as desired, and permitting them to fall in a perpendicular position when the shelf B is lowered.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clothes-drier, the combination of a wall-bracket provided with integral lugs projecting outwardly to horizontally support a shelf, a shelf with a free integral strip at its bracket edge, a clamp or curved support holding the free strip to the wall-bracket, substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.

2. In a clothes-drier, the combination of a wall-bracket with integral lugs projecting from the face thereof, a shelf with openings registering with the lugs on the wall-bracket, a hinge connecting the bracket and the shelf arranged to permit of a horizontal movement of the shelf substantially as, and for the purposes, stated. I

3. In a clothes-drier a shelf, fitted to support clothes-bars, cut away in the center near the rear or straight edge, so as to leave a strip or rib to be grasped bya clamp attached to a wall-bracket and so arranged as to permit a lateral movement, a clamp attachable to a wall-bracket, a wall-bracket, and lugs, in combination, substantially as set forth.

4. In a clothes-drier, a wall-bracket with lugs to support a shelf, a shelf hinged horizontally thereon and adjustable laterally in the line of the hinge, with knobs on the shelf to engage the sides of the lugs and secure the shelf when adjusted, substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.

5. In a clothes-drier, the combination of a wall-bracket provided with lugs and a clamp with a shelf having a strip attached to its bracket edge to engage with the clamp and form a hinge allowing lateral movement of the shelf and recessed to receive the lugs substantially as shown.

In witness whereof I have affixed my sig nature in presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM E. NELSON.

IVitnesses:

PHEBE A. TANNER, RICHARD A. GEORGE. 

